Managing Display Variants 

Use

Using display variant management, you can:

Procedure

To access this function, choose ® Manage display variants.

If you are using the full-screen mode, choose Settings ® Display variant ® Management.

A list of the display variants appears.

The standard SAP display variants begin with a number.

Non-user-specific display variants (client-specific standard display variants) begin with "/".

User-specific display variants begin with a letter (A-Z).

Displaying User-Defined Variants/Standard Variants

If user-defined variants can be defined in the list, you can use User-Defined Variants/Standard Variants to switch between the display of the standard variant (that is available to all users) and the display of the user-defined variants (that are only available to you).

The display of the standard variants includes the SAP standard variants as well as the non-user-specific, client-specific display variants.

Deleting Display Variants

To delete one or more display variants, select it/them. In the subsequent dialog box, choose or Edit ® Delete display variant.

Setting Initial Variants

To obtain a particular display variant instead of a basic list, select the row of the variant in the Initial Variant column, or select the display variant and choose or Edit ® Set initial variant.

Saving Display Variants

You can save the changes to the list of display variants. Choose Display variants ® Save.

Importing Display Variants

With Import display variants, you can import one or more variants from another client.

  1. Choose Environment ® Import display var.
  2. Enter the source client from which the import should proceed. A list of all the standard variants in the client appears.
  3. Select the desired display variant. To select all the variants, use Select all.
  4. Choose Import.

Transporting Display Variants

You can transport standard display variants from the current system to the target system. Choose Display variants ® Transport.

  1. Select one or more standard display variants that you want to transport into another system. To select all the standard display variants, choose .

    2. You can only transport standard display variants (that is, the standard variants or client-specific display variants in the standard system); you cannot transport user-specific display variants.

  2. Choose Display variants ® Transport.
  3. To create a new transport order, choose Create order, enter a name for the order, and save the order.

    4. To select an existing transfer order, choose Own order and double-click the desired order.

  4. Exit the dialog box with Continue.
  5. Transport the transfer order into the target system by using the transport system functions. Choose Utilities ® Requests (Organizer).